Pulley



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Patented Fahd-15,1927 I s'rTE -S IVAIRTHUR M. FLoRYfor' Lo vn STAR, KANSAS.

' IPULLEY.'

' Application filed May 7, 1926. Serial No. 107,452;

The object of this invention is to provide a pulley of special construction, for attachment to a wheel of a -motor'vehicle,' for power purposes, and especially to'provide the pulley with clamping elements for connection with the wheel, and special means pulley of different size tothe Afurther object is to provide a pulley With notched lugs for engagement by the spokesof the wheel, clamping members for engaging the spokes from the opposite side thereof, and bolts adapted to pass thru said members and thru ears projecting inwardly from the pulley, these ears serving also to mount a pulley of different size, which shall include apertured. radial elements for. engagement by the bolts.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of elementsdescribed, illustrated and claimed, it being un- 'derstood that modifications may be made within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings forming part of this application Y .j Figure l is a view showing a pulley in elevation, and'showing in vertical section a second pulley applied to the pulley to be connected directly. with the wheel, the position which a smaller pulley would assume, being indicated in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a view looking from the left in Figure 1, the pulley being in elevation, .and aclamping plateor the like of the type shown in Figure 8 being applied; the spokes" appear in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a detail in section showing a bolt passing thru one of the radial arms of the larger pulley of Figure .4 and passing thru ears on the pulley to be connected di-' rectly with the wheel. 7

Figure 4 shows the larger pulley in elevation, looking fromthe left in Figure 1 or Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a detail view showing the pulley of Figure 6, and the radial'arms thereof applied to the ears on the pulley to be, connected directly with the wheel.

Figure 6 shows the smaller pulley in elevation, and radial arms connected $1. 6!?- with.

. Figure 7 is a detail in section,,0,n the :line

.7-7.of Figure2.. 1 "Figures is perspective view of one of the clamping members adapted to engage the spokes on the side thereof opposite-to that engaged by the notched lugs ofFigu're-l.

. The pulley 10 includes a flange 11.;aand

Figure 1 and provided with notches 13for engagement by the 'spokes'14, shown in'dotted lines in Figure .2. v r

Thepulley is further provided with inwardly extending lugs or ears 15, on the side or edgeopposite the lugs 12,and bolts 16 pass thru cars 15, the heads 17 of'the bolts being adapted to engage the ears 15 or to engage the radial arms of another pulley, when the latter is employed.

Clamping plates or members of the form shown in Figures 2 and 8 are employed and are adapted to engage the spokes on the sides thereof next to the vehicle body, these clamping members including, or each including, a central portion 18, and curved or U portions 19 ext-ending in opposite direction. Aperturesv 2O permit of the accommodation of bolts 16, and the lTlfl-IIHGPOf clamping pulley -10 to the Wheel will be readily understood from the. description of the elements and their relation to each other. Ears 15 are for '23 of the radial arms 24, which serve a purpose similar to that servedby spokes, the

I lugs 12 extendingin thefdirect'ionshown in:

elements 24 overlapping or rather extending 7 across one another and being secured by bolts or rivets 25.

Arms 24: are provided'with apertures 26,

and the bolts 16 are adapted to pass thru these apertures inmounting pulley 22 on pulley 10, when a pulley of a larger diameter is requiredQ .A small pulley 28 includes an intersecting or crossing at right angles with reference to each other, connection being effected between the pulley 28 and arms 30 by end portion 29, and the latter may be secured to arms 30 means of bolts or rivets 3l.' In applying this pulley 28, the bolts 16 are adapted to pass thru apertures 32 in the ends of ele-' ments 30.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is: f

1. The combination with a'pulley including' inwardly projecting apertured lugs and longitudinally extending slotted lugs, of

clamping plates for engagement Withheel;

spokes, and securing devices passing thru the apertured lugs and thru the plates, for holding the slotted lugs in engagement with thespokes, on the side opposite the plates, a

pulley of greater diameter. concentric With reference to the pulley first named, elements extending transversely of the second named pulley and connected therewith, and apertured to permit the securing devices to extend therethru,

The combination with a pulley includspokes,

the spokes; on the side opposite the plates, at

pulley'of' greater diameter concentric With reference to the pulley first named,'elements' extending transversely of the second named pulley and connectedtherevvith,and apertured to permit the securing devices to extend therethru; a third pulley, devices affixed. thereto and extending radially therefrom and havin their outer ends a ertured' 7 b p to permit the securing devices to extend therethru.

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ARTHUR M. ELQRY;

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signa-v 

